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They are following orders of the government of India which is acting out of political vendetta against me and my family. "At lunch time, the investigating agency organised a special, low spice meal of jeera rice, aloo chokha and arhar dal for the 69-year-old RJD leader", said sources. Read More »

The devices muffle the noise of gunshots rather than mute it. The House Natural Resources Committee approved the bill this month and took several steps to fast-track the legislation, including requesting a rushed analysis from the Congressional Budget Office and asking other committees to waive their jurisdiction, Democrats on the committee say. Read More »

There are. The thoughts and prayers of politicians ring cruelly hollow if they are not paired with action. At the same time, pro-gun proponents have hefty lobbying support from the NRA and gun-rights donors, who have given $422,000 to Southern California's seven current GOP Congress members over the course of their careers and nothing to their 21 Democratic counterparts, according to OpenSecrets.org . Read More »

The GOP's failure to act "is about money", Pelosi said after a rally Wednesday morning outside the Capitol. The Las Vegas shooting has left Congress once again struggling to find a consensus way to stop future attacks. "That is our present focus and the Sportsmen's Bill is not scheduled". "We are all just reeling from this horror that we witnessed in Las Vegas", Ryan said , later adding, "We can not let the actions of a single person define us as a country". Read More »

But on Capitol Hill, the sense that something can be done to stop future shootings was nearly non-existent. It's more than understandable - natural even - to advocate for a legislative remedy after another shooting, this one the deadliest in USA history. Read More »

If ever there were a moment for nations to declare their unequivocal opposition to nuclear weapons, that moment is now. The treaty prohibits a catalog of nuclear weapon-related activity, including undertaking development, testing, production, manufacturing, acquiring, possessing or stockpiling nuclear weapons. Read More »

Police spokesman Major Gracielle Rodrigues told CNN a teacher was in a critical condition in hospital, while state media said 20 others had also been injured in the fire , including some children . Following this, the security guard died after succumbing to his own burn injuries. Brazilian president Michel Temer said he "lamented the tragedy immensely" and "expressed his solidarity with the families", in an official statement posted to Twitter. Read More »

Las Vegas Sheriff Joe Lombardo said in a news conference Wednesday evening that Paddock had previously stayed at a Las Vegas high-rise condo during a music festival the weekend before the shooting. Paddock allegedly rented multiple condos at The Ogden complex in downtown Las Vegas , which overlooked the location of the Life is Beautiful Festival. Read More »

Aiming at an efficient conduction of elections in the country, the Election Commission of India (EC) on Wednesday told Central government that it will be "logistically ready" by September 2018 to hold both Lok Sabha and state elections at the same time. Read More »

At least 58 people were killed and hundreds were injured when he opened fire on an outdoor country music festival. They're considering a ban on " bump fire stocks ", attachments that modify guns to fire nearly like fully automatic weapons. Read More »

The bus is believed to have been filled with workers from Uzbekistan. "Tonight, at 3:39 a.m. (0039 GMT) a bus was passing a railway crossing near the Pokrov station when the engine stalled", the railway press office said. The train was travelling from St Petersburg to Nijini-Novgorod when it hit the bus. The bus was driving with Kazakhstan number plates and carrying Uzbek citizens - the vehicle had reportedly come from the country that sits on Russia's southern border. Read More »

According to reports, scores of Sasikala's supporters gathered outside Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru today to catch her glimpse. Two days back the Sasikala's plea was rejected on the technical grounds, saying that the required paperwork was not done properly. Read More »

Technically, that means the finger is pulling the trigger for each round fired, keeping the weapon a legal semi-automatic. "It's progress. I never thought I'd see the day where the NRA supports any commonsense gun control ", said Representative Adam Schiff, the Democrat from California who introduced a bill on Thursday that would allow gun violence victims to sue firearms manufacturers. Read More »

Numerous 23 guns found with Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock were modified with bump stocks . But Thursday afternoon the NRA finally released a statement from Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox, the NRA's top lobbyist. Read More »

Bump stocks can enable a rifle to fire continuously, like an automatic weapon, authorities said. Virginia Rep. Dave Brat, one of the most conservative members of Congress and a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told Business Insider he is open to debating a potential ban on bump stock devices, but that he would have to learn more about the issue before he could support such a thing. Read More »

When such killings are celebrated and the Prime Minister of the country decides to remain silent about the issue. In the video message, Prakash said, "I don't belong to any political party". He made headlines for his remark over PM Modi. At an event in Bengaluru , the actor had said, " Gauri Lankesh's killers have not been caught yet". Read More »

It's unclear what information may or may not have been exposed through Kelly's phone, but the danger is clear, particularly for a White House staff that has been cavalier about its cyber security hygiene. Kelly brought the phone to IT after experiencing issues updating the software. The exact time and location of Kelly's phone being breached remain unclear. Read More »

But, according to leaked photos taken from inside the room and statements from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, that's not all they found. The bump stock replaces the stock on the semi-automatic rifle and uses the firearm's recoil to "bump" the trigger back into the finger, which causes it to fire more rapidly when compared to manual shooting. Read More »

On Tuesday, the Islamic State released a video through its official Amaq news agency to confirm that it has captured two Russian men. As the separate campaigns are being waged within close proximity of one another, the Russian and USA militaries have traded charges that their troops or allies were endangered or struck by the other side's forces. Read More »

The application process of hosting 2030 FIFA World Cup will begin after 4 years at earliest. They also played up the appeal of the World Cup returning to Uruguay where the first tournament was held in 1930. The three presidents did not say which countries would host the final and prestigious opening match. The 2026 edition doesn't have a host but a three country joint bid has also been announced. Read More »

It is not known if North Korea received the $23 million for the rockets shipment but the transaction puts Egypt on a black list of buyers that includes Myanmar, Iran, Syria, Eritrea and Cuba. "The recent cut in the USA military aid to Egypt was a clear message to Cairo: You choose us or North Korea, you can not have military relations with both of us", he said. Read More »

Reuters reported Wednesday that Mueller's investigators had taken over Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiries into the dossier, which was ordered by the Washington opposition research firm Fusion GPS. Steele has not met with congressional investigators in their Russian Federation probes, with Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr of North Carolina expressing frustration Steele has rejected requests to meet with his panel. Read More »

Asked what he meant by a "storm", Trump replied, "you'll find out". Live classical music played. The White House did not immediately reply to a request to clarify Trump's remark. Trump said "tremendous progress" had been made with respect to the Islamic State group, adding, "I guess the media's going to be finding out about that over the next short period of time". Read More »

The top 1 percent of earners will get 80 percent of the savings from the tax proposal within 10 years. It should be very clear that this action is necessary, but by no means sufficient, to getting the tax cut Republicans and their constituency groups and donors want. Read More »

With the national debate on gun control in high gear after the tragedy, the spotlight quickly shifted to the so-called bump stock . Democratic US Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced a bill on Wednesday that would outlaw bump stocks and other devices that, as she put it, "easily and cheaply modify legal weapons into what are essentially machine guns". Read More »